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This blog includes personal things of interest including electric vehicle conversion. I have documented the conversion of a petrol (gas) powered vehicle to Electric. http://www.austinev.org/evalbum/1149.
The blog now documents the conversion of a BMW E30 to electric.

Friday, 27 September 2013

Due to a change in
priorities, I need to sell the parts I have gathered for my BMW E30 conversion.

These parts will
suit any small to medium sized car conversion, or the E30 that is also for sale
(see below). Using direct drive on the BMW the 0-100 time is calculated at
about 7 seconds depending on final drive ratio. With a gearbox, even quicker.

All parts are
located together in Sydney. You don’t have to worry about group buys, import
duties and freight costs. I have done it all for you.

The price is$8500 for the complete set of parts. This
is the all up cost including shipping etc. from around the world. If you add up
these prices with similar parts from the EVTV store, it will come to about the
same price, and you still have to ship the parts to Australia.

Shipping out of NSW
can be quoted separately.

These parts have
been selected especially to go drag racing and beat other 80’s - 90's cars such
as the BMW E30. The idea is to use enough battery to provide just less than
400V at top of charge and sufficient amps to draw full power for 10 seconds.
The high discharge ‘red’ headways are ideal. A little heavy, but fail safe,
unlike prismatic and pouch cells.

This kit, in a
light E30 or a Suzuki Cary will fly down the drag strip, or just have some fun
at the lights.

Here is what you
get:Azure
Dynamics / Siemens water cooled induction motor model 1PV5138-4WS14 . This motor is good for about 100kW and 300
newton meters at 300 volts. I am sure it can be overclocked at least by 10%.
Specs:http://store.evtv.me/proddetail.php?prod=1PV5135

Vaxo motor
shaft couplingfor
attaching to a drive shaft or clutch plate if using a gearbox.

Azure
Dynamics DMOC645 controller–
Already Programmed (controllers usually come un-programmed and normally require
a CAN programmer worth several hundred dollars to buy). This controller has an
upper voltage limit of 400 volts. If you use 330v of batteries you will be able
to increase the motor power and torque by about 10%. There is a lot of support
for the motor and controller available from the ev.tv forums.http://store.evtv.me/proddetail.php?prod=DMOC645

TC Charger
2kW TCCH-312-5.5 Programmable up to 417V & 5.5A, CAN-Bus battery charger. I can even provide a working Arduino, LCD and
CAN adaptor with source code to get you started.

Azure
Dynamics air conditioning compressorwith CAN
bus commands documented. I spent quite some time locating the CAN documentation
for this unit, saving you the pain. These are also used in the iMiEV in case
you need to compare with a working unit.

2 x Azure
Dynamics water pumps. One for motor and controller cooling, the other for the
cabin heater.

12 v Brake
vacuum pump x 2. One rotary vane as used in Volvos. One Azure Dynamics
piston. Your choice which to use, and which to sell.Brake vacuum switch
– adjustable with hysteresis.

Stainless
steel bottle for brake vacuum.

Azure
Dynamics water heater.This
is for heating the cabin of the vehicle and required for demisting the windows.

Set of male and
femaleJ1772 connectors for the charging. This is preferred
as you can use a commercial charging station, or with the provided cable,
charge at home.

High
current MES-DEA 1000W DC-DC.This
is a very professional unit rated at 60A output. Many are 40A or less and are
simply not up to the task of driving the vehicles 12 volt electrics for any
length of time at night with lights, fan and wipers running. This unit will run
your 12 v electrics with all accessories running.http://www.metricmind.com/data/mes_dcdc.pdf

BMW
Accelerator pedal. This is an awesome unit. Easy to mount and use with your
driver interface. No more unreliable throttle pots.Details of how to
drive the various parts are located on my bloghttp://malfunction.faed.name

For a further4k you can buy my white ’91 BMW 318i E30 to convert. This car is currently
registered in NSW. It has been my daily driver for the last 3+ years. This car
has no visible rust and is a pleasure to drive. The suspension is top notch,
has new brakes all round and a M40 motor in great condition you can sell to
recoup some of the cost. If you buy the car, I will also give you a factorymanual steering rackso you don’t need to worry about a power steering pump. I
will also include aGetrag 240 gearbox in case you want to use the output
shaft or the gearbox. This also allows you to make an adapter plate before
pulling the car apart.

If you buy the
whole lot for $12,500, I can load up the car with the parts and deliver for
free anywhere on the east coast and fly home.